Shuttle-binder for looms



(No Model.)

V. THORPE.

SHUTTLE BINDER FOR LOOMS. No. 475,069. PatentedMay 17, 18 92.

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UNITED STATES 'ATENT OFFICE.

VINCENT THORPE, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHUTTLE-BINDER FOR LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,069, dated May 17, 1892.

Application filed July 23, 1891. Serial No. 400,4:80. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINCENT THORPE, of Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shuttle-Binders; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of shuttle-binders used for binding shuttles in the boxes of looms.

The object of the invention is to produce a new and more durable shuttle-binder which can be more readily adjusted than those heretofore used.

To this end my invention consists in the peculiar features of construction and combination of novel parts which will be more fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure l is a front view of a portion of a shuttle-box, showing the shuttle-swell of the improved binder. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, the shuttle-guard being broken away. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the same, taken at line a b, Fig. 2.

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

In the drawings, 5 indicates the shuttleswell, which is slightly bowed in shape and extends part way through the opening 6 in the back 7 of the shuttle-box, the rear end of the swell being shaped to extend farther into the box than the forward, thus presenting a sloping surface'to the travel of the shuttle. The slotted stops 8 8 form the upper ends of the curved swell-fingers 9 9, which extend downward and are curved inward, finally uniting in the sleeve 10, provided with setscrews 11 11, by which the sleeve is secured in place on the rock-shaft 12. The ends of the bowed piece 5 forming the swells are secured to these slotted stops 8 8 by bolts which, being adjustable in the slots, can be raised or lowered and thus adjust the location of the end surfaces of the swell, to which the bolts are secured, and the striking-surfaces of these slotted stops.

The rock-shaft 12 is of the usual construction, except that the end is not bent at right angles with the main portion to engage the sleeve of the swell-finger, but is continuedin a line with the main portion, as is shown in the drawings. 7 This rock-shaft is secured in bearings in the ordinary manner and is operated or rocked byashnttle entering the shuttle-box and striking the swell 5, forcing this swell outward and also forcing outward the slotted stops or upper ends of the swell-fingers, which, forming part of the sleeve 10 secured to said rock-shaft, tend to turn or rock the same and raise the dagger carried or operated thereby to a position to allow the lay to beat up. By the construction thus described Iam able to produce a shuttle-binder which can be adjusted to bring more or less pressure against the shuttle, the cost of manufacture will be reduced,and operation will be more perfect.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, with the rock-shaft 12 of a loom, of a sleeve 10, provided with securing-screws 11 11, the upwardly-extending swell-fingers 9 9, formed integral with said sleeve, the slotted stops 8 8, forming the upper ends of said fingers, and a swell 5, adj ustably secured at its ends by bolts to the slotted stops 8 8 and extending through the opening- 6 into the shuttle-box, as and for the purpose described.

VINCENT THORPEL Witnesses:

HENRY J. MILLER, J OSEPH A. MILLER, Jr. 

